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I recently bought a copy of BLB3 with a view to using it for the Great Northern War. I didnt let all the narrative being about Ireland put me off as I know its designed for GNW as well.

We had a playtest on Thursday which generally went really well. The mechanisms are great overall, significant concerns though about the movement, that aside happy to try them a few more times. Write up and pictures on the blog.https://gapagnw.blogspot.com

I've played all three versions of the sets, and yes, movement is a bit slow. I really enjoy the upgrade of the troops in this version, v2 was not abd at all. But the one thing I'm not a fan of is the simultaneous movement. I would have like a IGUO type method…or something close it as the other play way seems too gamey.

I read recently on their blog a GNW supplement should be coming out by end of the year. I've been waiting for that for a long time. I have a lot of GNW stuff. Oh in version 1 and 2, there are some minor rule changes for GNW too.

Thanks Barry, Clarence did give me some pointers about using march columns, The specific concern was that four inches moves per turn meant that on a 4 foot table we were unable to get to grips in a one night game. Its only our first game and we spent a lot of time walking through stuff so its still to be seen if we think this is a major concern. Essentially covering 4 feet at 4 inches per go with part of the ground hilly reducing to 2 inches per left us concerned that we could not squeeze a game into a 2 -3 hour session unless we started much closer together. Lets see what the next game brings.